Table 8 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2004

8	New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2004

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	-2	3-5	6-12	13-17	18- and unknown

2004	9 899	1 290	1 585	3 425	3 284	315

Neglect	138	20	16	48	47	7
Physical abuse	297	31	50	102	108	6
Mental abuse	148	12	16	52	61	7
Sexual abuse/incest	91	0	12	33	44	2
Parents's mental suffering	942	191	189	353	200	9
Parents's drug excess	656	168	94	231	152	11
Parents's inhability of care	839	202	119	284	223	11
Parents dead	50	4	2	10	29	5
The child disabled	114	14	20	46	32	2
The child's drug excess	144	0	1	0	117	26
The child's behavioural problems	1 475	12	74	368	973	48
The conditions in the home	4 412	592	855	1 670	1 217	78
Other reason	1 623	162	267	558	542	94
Unknown reason	1 656	214	260	553	554	75

¹	There may be several reasons for intervention. Hence, the sum of reasons is larger than the number of children total.
²	Including children with unknown age.